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noun
1.
supreme blessedness; exalted happiness.
2.
(often initial capital letter) any of the declarations of blessedness pronounced by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
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beatitude
late 15c., "supreme happiness," from Fr. béatitude, from L. beatitudinem (nom. beatitudo) "state of blessedness," from beatus "happy, blessed," pp. of beare "make happy," related to bene-. As "a declaration of blessedness" (usually pl., beatitudes, especially in ref.
EXPANDto the Sermon on the Mount) it is attested from 1520s.
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